Recent content by bollands

i may give this a go one day, glad to see it worked for you! :hyper: shame for a lot of us we dont have such luck with our tanks. I like the way you are now using all natural methods of filtration, will have to give this a stab soon!

got rid of most my frags, got a kenya tree frag and waving hands frag, thats about it :P but yer if he is ridding of his BTA I would gladly recieve it! :drool:

Im in surrey wanting a BTA for my new tank! condider a swap for few frags, or cash w.e.

can i keep two of these beautiful fish in a 48x18x24? sumped tank with a bubble tip and a few other fish, one being a royal gramma :wub: I will try to make them the centre piece of my to be sps lps reef. Charlie,

great start m8, can i point out it would look 100 times better with a background? :blush:

kk done guys all running now, up to temp, salt coming tommorow and sand. live rock on sat! Newest vid here :blush:

okay great! seeing as i am fairly limited to space i will probably run rowa in the reactor and carbon in the fx5 as it isnt too much effort and if i have to turn it off for a water change i may as well open it :P :good: What are your views on this? :blush: video will follow suit soon...

Hi there once again, Been busy with A-levels and so have been slow with the tank. happy to say it is now working correctly, just need to add salt! Anyways, I have only one clear tides reactor and so can run either rowa or carbon in it. or could i mix? the other choice would have to be...

Right, about once a week i clean my skimmer cup in the downstairs bathroom. Using the supplied bottle brush is a messy buiness though and so following the 30 second job is the half an hour of scraping fish sh1t off the walls, no joke i try my best but being a typical 16 year old i am really...

id personally install a comp fan if u dont mind topping up water more frequently. not because im worried about the fitting but condensation shows lack of air flow = no gas transfer = dosile/ fish and increase in algae growth. thats just my honest opinion.

ha lol the tanks coming along nicely filling it up now whilst spraying the tank lid. lol with the hours i have put in to this tank i might have well have bought a RSM250! but i think i will get alot more experience/ satisfaction this way tho. :P got a slightly seeping wier but like tiny like...

id go for a copperband butterfly fish or a bannerfish, lovely good sized fish imo

man u think year 10 is tough, be prepared for next year! For the last 6months or so i neglected my tank which broke my heart but u can find the time, i was just lazy when not revising. Now im at college i have many free lessons a week so i can routinely now check up on my aquarium. :shout...

recently got my mc500 second hand though so its not the upgraded pinwheel like yours still i couldn't imagine having any more air in such a tiny unit mine can get a bit carried away with its self, cracking skimmer none the less! Cant wait to have mine fully running! And i trust it to handle the...

yer umm well i designed the hood to internally house the lamps with a curve on it to keep light ont the corals and not come peeing out the tank. so i thought its either military or tin foil.